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...record and distribute 150 books-on-tape to help disadvantaged children in her community learn to read. And earlier this year, she e-mailed over 100,000 elementary school teachers across the nation, asking their classes to participate in a card-making campaign for nursing home residents. This last effort resulted in her family’s e-mail service being temporarily shut down because she was suspected of running a spam operation...
...common complaint with contemporary poetry is that it’s too complicated, and the effort one makes to understand it grossly outweighs the rewards. Given this supposition, attending a poetry reading might seem daunting, even downright absurd. Though I think that this sentiment does hold some real validity, ultimately, I don’t believe it. This week I’ll propose a way of experiencing the poetry readings typically found at Harvard to those of us who have difficulty taking away meaningful experiences from them...
...effort towards collaboration is a transition away from the emphasis on growth that has led the 370-year-old system to expand into one of the top five largest libraries in the world...
...charity effort at heart, Project East was first conceived by Timothy M. Parent ’09 and Kristin S. Kim ’09 three years ago. The runway show aims to expose Harvard students to cutting-edge fashion by featuring established Asian designers and student designers who attend Parsons School of Design or Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). By donating the proceeds of the event to benefit the China Tomorrow Education Foundation, Project East will help build a school in rural China. Organized by executive producers Tamara Harel-Cohen and Alexandra Clarke, Project East will take place...
...seven singles simultaneously in the Top 50 (pop, not country), Carrie Underwood released an album that from outset to coda is a unified attempt to move from the mainstream of Nashville to the mainstream of global pop. Unfortunately, “Play On” is a stilted, forced effort that will fail to satisfy either her country base or the pop fans she aims to reach...